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PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- 219.33 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- 1,25,013 doses administered in last 24 hours
- India's Active caseload currently stands at 26,834
- Active cases stand at 0.06%
- Recovery Rate currently at 98.75%
- 1,841 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,40,75,149
- 2,060 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
- Daily positivity rate 
- Weekly Positivity Rate 
- 89.86 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 1,10,863 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
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Ministry of Defence
PTM and TM Awards for Coast Guard Personnel Announced
EMBARGO : NOT TO BE PUBLISHED/BROADCAST/
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The President of India has awarded President’sTatrakshak Medal  and Tatrakshak Medal  to the following Indian Coast Guard personnel for their act of conspicuous gallantry/ meritorious /distinguished service on the occasion of Republic Day 2019.
President’s Tatrakshak Medal 
- IG ParameshSivamani, TM 
Tatrakshak Medal 
- Comdt  MVN Abhishek Rao 
- Pinku Rana, Adh, 04783-W
- Ankit Kumar, P/Nvk, 06173-L
Tatrakshak Medal 
- DIG Homesh Kumar Sharma 
- ComdtBhim Singh Kothari 
- ComdtChaturvedula Vivekananda 
These awards are being given to the personnel of Indian Coast Guard on Republic Day and Independence Day every year, since 26 January 1990 onwards.
Ministry of Law and Justice
Pro Bono Club organizes a 5-Day Legal Youth Awareness Campaign in Dehradun
Under the Department of Justice’s NyayaBandhu constituted Pro Bono Club, School of Law, UPES, Dehradun organized a 5-Day Legal Youth Awareness Campaign from 21 August 2023 to 26 August 2023. PBAs visited different institutions to raise awareness of various socio-legal issues.
Sessions were executed under the guidance of nodal officers and revolved around legal issues pertaining to the Constitution, Criminal laws, Cyber laws, Basics of Contracts, Maternity Laws, Labour laws, etc.
Special Service and Features
Press Note for MoU signing between Central Council for Research in Siddha  and Anna University
Central Council for Research in Siddha  under the Ministry of Ayush is an apex body in India for initiating, undertaking, formulating, developing, co-ordinating and promoting research in Siddha on scientific lines. Under the aegis of CCRS 9 peripheral institutes/units are functioning, 3 in Tamil Nadu, 1 each in Puducherry, Kerala, Karnataka, New Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and Goa within the research and mandate to cope up the needs of the general public through clinical, pharmacological and literary research.
In addition, Central Council for Research in Siddha is continuously providing health care services to the general public. To improve the scientific rigor and to convert the experience based medicine to evidence based medicines through reverse pharmacology, CCRS has already signed Memorandum of Understanding’s  with 25 Universities / renowned Institutions. Signing of MoU between CCRS and Anna University is a remarkable event for accomplishing the goals further.
With the continous effort and support of Prof. Dr. R. Meenakumari, Director General, , CCRS and Prof. Dr. K. Velraj, Vice Chancellor of Anna University, the MoU between these two esteemed institutions was signed on 17 th March 2023.
Prior to this, Scientists from Anna University, Chennai have visited CCRS / SCRI, Chennai, the state of the art infrastructure facilities and discussed with the scientists of CCRS / SCRI, Chennai which was held on 7 th May, 2022 for knowing / expertise of the mutual interest among the scientific community of both the organizations, CCRS and Anna University.
This MoU signing event of the same will pave the way for mutual productive research and commendable outcomes to serve the humanity.
Ministry of Finance
Cabinet approves Agreement between India and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on income
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval forentering into an Agreement between India and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region  of China for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to taxes on income.
The Agreement will stimulate flow of investment, technology and personnel from India to HKSAR & vice versa, prevent double taxation and provide for exchange of information between the two Contracting Parties. It will improve transparency in tax matters and will help curb tax evasion and tax avoidance.
Background:
In so far as India is concerned, the Central Government is authorized under Section 90 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 to enter into an Agreement with a foreign country or specified territory for avoidance of double taxation of income, for exchange of information for the prevention of evasion or avoidance of income-tax chargeable under the Income-tax Act, 1961. This Agreement is on similar lines as entered into by India with other countries.
Special Service and Features
Technology should be utilized to the maximum to enhance passenger amenities in airports : MoS Civil Aviation Gen  V. K. Singh
Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation , Road Transport & Highways General VK Singh  has suggested that technology should be utilized to the maximum extent to enhance passenger comfort at airports. The Minister who is on a two-day visit to the state reviewed the development works of Thiruvananthapuram Airport.
Shri. V.K. Singh urged for maximum use of electric vehicles at airports to avoid pollution. Currently 40% of vehicles used in Thiruvananthapuram airport are E Vehicles. The Minister said, outlets of women self help groups should be provided like in Chennai airport. He said that this will give more opportunity for women empowerment.
MoS expressed satisfaction over the progress of development works in Thiruvananthapuram airport .
A presentation on the details of the Mission 2028 Master Plan formulated for the development of the airport was shown in the meeting. The world-class master plan was prepared with the help of aviation consultancies from the US, U,K, and Singapore. Currently, Thiruvananthapuram Airport is used by 4.5 million passengers annually. It will be 6.2 million in 2024-25. The master plan envisages an increase to 12.4 million by 2026-27. With the acquisition of an additional 36 acres of land for airport development, the Thiruvananthapuram airport will reach its maximum capacity of 27 million passengers per year.
Chief Airport Officer Shri. M. Darshan Singh, Regional Executive Director Airports Authority of India Mr. Sajeev G. Panicker, CISF officials and others participated in the review meeting.
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Ministry of Power
Maximum All India Power demand met crosses 201 GW on 26th April 2022
Government and various stakeholders make efforts on all fronts to meet rising demand
The maximum All India power demand met is 201.066 GW at 14:51 hours today. It has surpassed last year’s Maximum demand met of 200.539 GW which occurred on 7th July 2021. The rising power demand reflects the economic growth in the country. In the month of March this year, the growth in energy demand has been around 8.9%. Further, the demand is expected to reach about 215-220 GW in months of May-June. The Government and other stakeholders are working together to ensure unhindered power supply and efforts at all fronts are being made and measures are being taken for better utilisation of various resources.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
India leads deliberations on second day of the Governing Body meeting of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- India leads creation of option for implementation of Farmers Rights 
Second day of GB9 deliberated on two most significant issues of Plant Treaty. Due to incessant efforts of India, an expert group on FR was constituted in 2017 and India led in the group as Co-chair. India ensured discussion of the group even during pandemic and prepared a set of options and future process for implementing FR in any country.
- India leads revival of enhancement of multilateral system
From 2019, all formal meetings were suspended. India along with Switzerland organized an informal meeting at UN-Geneva and prepared a based document for GB9 to deliberate. As a result, a Contact Group is constituted under the co-chairmanship of India to decide the future process.
- More than 60 delegates visited India’s National Genebank located at National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources  in Pusa Campus, New Delhi.
Delegates of Norway, Serbia and Zimbabwe interacted with Director, NBPGR and expressed their happiness after seeing the second largest Genebank of the world.
- India calls for capacity building to use the Global Information System 
On the second day of the ninth session of the Governing Body meeting  of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture , progress of the GLIS on PGRFA was deliberated during the late evening session. India, as member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, proposed that use of GLIS needs capacity building among Contracting Parties.
- India calls for continued efforts towards Conservation and Sustainable Use of PGRFA
New tool box and background studies were appreciated by GB9. India, as member of Committee on Conservation and Sustainable Use, proposed joint programs with international and regional organizations/institutes to fulfil this agenda.
Prime Minister's Office
प्रधानमंत्री ने सुरत की वंदना की कला की सराहना की
प्रधानमंत्री ने वंदना के उज्जवल भविष्य के लिए शुभकामनाएँ दी
यूं तो प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी हमेशा ही अपनी व्यस्त दिनचर्या से समय निकालकर लोगों को उनके पत्रों का जवाब देते हैं और उनका मनोबल बढ़ाते हैं, मगर इस बार प्रधानमंत्री ने जिस पत्र का जवाब दिया है वह बहुत ही खास है। दरअसल प्रधानमंत्री ने यह पत्र लिखा है सुरत की रहने वाली छात्रा वंदना के लिए जिसने दीपावली पर प्रधानमंत्री की एक बेहद खूबसूरत रंगोली बनाकर उसकी तस्वीर प्रधानमंत्री को भेजी थी। यूं तो वंदना न तो सुन सकती हैं और न ही बोल सकती हैं मगर वंदना ने प्रधानमंत्री की जो रंगोली बनाई है वह इतनी जीवंत है, मानो खुद ही बोल उठेगी।
वंदना को लिखे पत्र में प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने उनका हौसला बढ़ाते हुए कहा है कि जीवन में बाधाएं और रुकावटें तो आती रहती हैं मगर हम उन विपरीत परिस्थितियों में भी अगर हिम्मत नहीं हारते और उनका डटकर मुकाबला करते हैं तो वास्तव में यही हमारी जीत है। प्रधानमंत्री ने पत्र में आगे वंदना को उज्ज्वल भविष्य के लिए शुभकामनाएं दी हैं साथ ही यह आशा व्यक्त की है कि वह शिक्षा और कला के क्षेत्र में नई ऊचाइयों को छुएं।
इससे पहले वंदना ने पत्र लिखकर प्रधानमंत्री मोदी को अपना प्रेरणास्त्रोत बताया था।
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Department of Atomic Energy
Dr Jitendra Singh advocates the adoption of Hindi in Government Departments keeping in mind the projects and programmes do not suffer and lag behind
A lot of initiatives taken by the Modi Government to promote Hindi in official communications in the last nine years: Dr Jitendra Singh
Dr Jitendra Singh chairs the 2nd Meeting of the reconstituted Joint Hindi Consultative Committee of the Department of Space and Department of Atomic Energy
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today advocated the adoption of Hindi in Government Departments keeping in mind the projects and programmes do not suffer and lag behind. Chairing the 2nd Meeting of the reconstituted Joint Hindi Consultative Committee of the Department of Space  and Department of Atomic Energy  in New Delhi today, he said a lot of initiatives have been taken by the Modi Government to promote the use of Hindi in official communications in the last nine years.
“In the recent past, Hindi dictionaries have been published on technology related subjects and even medical terminology, but the legacy of 200 years under the British rule that imposed English in the Commonwealth cannot be undone in such a short time, especially since almost no sincere efforts were made in the six decades since Independence to promote the Indian lexicon,” he said.
Stressing on flexibility and adaptation of a language for wider acceptance, Dr Jitendra Singh cautioned against rigidity and literal translation, such as a dead end encountered when dealing with words like “steel plant” and “outreach”.
“Each language has its own words depending on the region it is prevalent in, so we need to adapt those words rather than being rigid on finding a language equivalent term for such words,” he said.
Dr Jitendra Singh directed the Department officials to be in regular touch with the members of the Hindi Consultative Committee for further promotion of Hindi in official use.
Members of the Committee gave their valuable suggestions on use of Hindi, such as commissioning dictionaries on new seed varieties and Cancer therapy accompanied by appropriate pictures of the DAE, bilingual Code Manuals, and Space Science dictionary, besides updated website of the Departments in Hindi. They also called for the promotion of Hindi in institutions of higher learning, such as IITs and technological institutes.
Members lauded the DoS for its distinction, by winning the Rajbhasha Puraskar six times, while the DAE bagged the 2nd Prize for 2021-22.
Ministry of Railways
A NEW MILESTONE IN FREIGHT LOADING
ECoR achieved the feat before 11 days from the end of current fiscal
Loaded 232.23 Million Tonne of Freight from its jurisdiction in just 354 Days of the current fiscal
East Coast Railway  has set a new milestone in freight loading during 2022-23 financial year by loading 232.32 Million Tonne of freight from its jurisdiction 11 days ahead of the end of the current Financial Year. In 2021-22 financial year, ECoR had loaded 223.64 million tone of freight during the same period and also loaded 232.13 million tone of freight in whole the period of 2021-22 financial year.
It is mentioned here that, East Coast Railway is the only Railway which has crossed milestones of 220 Million Tonne & 230 Million Tonne and approaching to cross 240 Million Tonne Milestone in the current fiscal. Ministry of Railways has sets target to load 240.60 Million Tonne of loading for East Coast Railway.
From the earning side, ECoR has earned rupees 23872.69 Crores from freight during the above period in 2022-23 financial year as against Rupees 22184.85 crores in last financial year with an increase of 7.6%.
East Coast Railway achieved this milestone despite many challenges and Adverse Effect on loading and train operations. Surpassing the last year loading has been achieved due to focus on innovative steps and key interventions by Railway Ministry which helped to get it on to the fast-track.
General Manager, East Coast Railway, Shri Manoj Sharma gave full credit for this achievement to its hardworking and dedicated staff in all its three Divisions. Special mention to be made regarding the efforts and cooperation from all stakeholders including Collieries, Ports, Steel Plants, Cement, Alumina Plants, Petroleum Companies, and Food Corporation of India.
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Vice President's Secretariat
Gandhi’s teachings eternally relevant: Vice President
VP attends ‘Gandhi Katha’
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu said that the teachings and preaching of Mahatma Gandhi were eternally relevant.
Addressing briefly the gathering after well-known Gandhian, Dr. Shobana Radhakrishna rendered ‘Gandhi Katha’, a narrative on the clarion call given by Mahatma Gandhi to the British on August 09 to Quit India i.e. on 77th August Kranti Diwas, he urged the people to take part in nation-building activities in a constructive manner.
The narrative was interspersed with some of the favorite Bhajans of Mahatma Gandhi.
The Minister of State for Culture and Tourism, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Dr. Sachidanand Joshi, Member-Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and other dignitaries were present at the event held at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Conference Hall at the Vice President’s residence in New Delhi.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Scientists at CeNS find new insights into LEDs emitting high-quality white light
Colour quality is a key challenge faced in producing white Light Emitting Diodes  as a general light source. Scientists in their search for methods to produce high-quality white light have unearthed crucial reaction insights that can help design white LEDs.
Scientists at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences , an autonomous research institute under the Department of Science and Technology , found that though nanocrystals of inorganic chemicals caesium lead halide show the promise of white light emission, a very odd behaviour of the nanocrystals prevented them from keeping that promise.
The capability of white light emission rests in the fact that the emission from these crystals can be easily tuned over the entire visible spectrum by varying their halide compositions. However, they failed to emit white light due to an interparticle mixing between the nanocrystals that resulted in a single emission. White light needs the presence of red, green and blue spectra of light. So, once the crystals give a single emission, they miss the chance of creation of white light.
The team of researchers led by Dr Pralay K. Santra found that halide ions of the crystals migrate from one particle to another even at room temperature and form an alloy of nanocrystals, which yield a single emission. The findings from the present work were recently published in the journal ‘Nanoscale’. The understanding of this reaction kinetics will help in developing strategies to prevent interparticle mixing, and the team is pursuing research to create LED that produce good quality white light.
[Publication link: DOI: 10.1039/D0NR05771A
For more details, Dr Pralay K Santra,  can be contacted.]
Ministry of Defence
Rear Admiral SJ Singh, NM appointed as the Flag officer Sea Training 
Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, NM has been appointed as the Flag Officer Sea Training, at Kochi. He was commissioned in 1986, in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy. A graduate of the National Defence Academy, Pune, where he was adjudged the Best Naval Cadet, he was also awarded the Binoculars for Best Sea Cadet and Sword of Honour for the Best Midshipman during subsequent naval training. He specialised in Navigation and Direction, in 1992, where he stood first in the course. He attended the Advanced Command and Staff Course at UK, in 2000, where he was adjudged the Best Overseas Student amongst 90 participating Armed Forces from 50 countries. He has undergone the Naval Higher Command Course at Naval War College, Mumbai, in 2009, and the National Security Strategy Course at the National Defence College, Delhi, in 2012.
He has held a range of command, training and staff appointments, and has served on most classes of ships of the Indian Navy, over the past 30 years. His sea command appointments include command of the ASW and UAV-control Frigate INS Taragiri, where he was awarded the Nao Sena Medal, and the multi-role Frigate INS Trishul. His training appointments include Officer-in-Charge of the Warship Work Up Team at Mumbai, and the Navigation Direction School at Kochi. His staff appointments include Indian Naval Attaché at Iran, and the Joint Director of Personnel, Principal Director of Naval Operations, Principal Director Strategy, Concepts and Transformation, and the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff  at Naval Headquarters.
He was the lead drafter for the Indian Navy’s Maritime Doctrine, 2009; Strategic Guidance to Transformation, 2015, and the Indian Maritime Security Strategy, 2015. A keen student of military affairs, he has completed several post-graduate study programmes, including MSc and MPhil in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University; MA in Defence Studies from Kings College, London; MA , MPhil  and PhD  from Mumbai University.
PIB Headquarters
SPECIAL PASSPORT MELA
In order to meet the public demand and to facilitate submission of applications for the frequent travellers due to extended time in getting appointments, Regional Passport Office, Chennai will be holding “ Special Passport Mela’ on Saturday the 13th October 2018 at Post Office Passport Seva Kendra , Vellore.
Post Office Passport Seva Kendra, at Vellore will function on Saturday the 13th October 2018 like any other normal working day and accept applications as per time slots allotted to the applicants. Approximately 75 applicants are expected to be benefitted from this Mela.
To participate in this Passport Mela, all applicants have to log on to the official website ‘www.passportindia.gov.in’ register on-line, generate ‘ARN’ , and pay online fees and then take appointment. Applicants participating in the mela should bring the print-out of ARN with appointment details, to the POPSK along with the requisite documents in originals, plus one set of self attested photocopies. Applications under fresh and Re-issue categories only will be accepted.
The appointments will be released on 10th October 2018  at 1430 hrs for the mela to take place on Saturday, 13th October 2018. On the day of mela, applications will be accepted only as per the time slot allotted to them. Applications for PCCs, Walk-ins including On-Hold and Refused Tokens will not be entertained during the Mela.
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